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[-] Octagon9561@lemmy.ml 7 points 3 months ago

Boycott all US based services.

[-] Itdidnttrickledown@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

There is some serious crapitalist hate for organic maps. I never heard of it util is was taken off the play store for a bit. I side loaded it that day.

[-] pulsewidth@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago

Organic Maps is not at feature parity with paid options but it is pretty damn good for FOSS. I use it almost daily for driving around city/suburban Australia and it very rarely gives me bad directions - certainly no more than the paid option i previously used (Sygic).

[-] Dellpeanuts5@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 3 months ago

I love organic maps, sometimes I practice navigation by turning location off and using a compass with the downloaded map on my phone.

[-] Melatonin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

So wait.

GitHub is Microsoft?

EDIT: Okay, fuck that. I was just getting all set up there but not now.

I am trying to decide between PyCharm and VS Code for my Python IDE. I was leaning toward VS Code, but they're Microsoft too, aren't they?

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[-] cute_noker@feddit.dk 1 points 3 months ago

What is really needed is a fediverse for git repos

[-] boonhet@lemm.ee 3 points 3 months ago

First off, that's literally what Forgejo is trying to do

Secondly, git is technically already federated.

Things are a lot better than you might think. It's just that people naturally gravitate towards centralized services, because of the network effect.

[-] unemployedclaquer@sopuli.xyz 0 points 3 months ago

why is Organic Street Maps better than the other ones, that claim to be Open Street Maps derived?

bandwidth is not disposable ya'll.

[-] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 1 points 3 months ago

Two reasons:

  • interface rocks
  • maps are downloaded for offline use
[-] blind3rdeye@lemm.ee 0 points 3 months ago

I've been using OsmAnd for years, and offline maps has always been one of their main things.

[-] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 1 points 3 months ago

OsmAnd is okay, but I really like the interface of Organic Maps better.

[-] Churbleyimyam@lemm.ee 0 points 3 months ago

Organic Maps is definitely easier to use, especially for new users but OsmAnd is more powerful. I have both and they're awesome.

[-] raptir@lemmy.zip 0 points 3 months ago

I wish there was some way to share the assets since they use the same base data. I use osmand because I find it better for hiking and route planning to send to my watch, but would use organic as well if I I didn't need to keep two copies of the maps.

[-] Churbleyimyam@lemm.ee 1 points 3 months ago

Yeah I know what you mean. Map downloads especially can take up a lot of space/take a lot of mobile data to download. I tried to copy them across manually once but it didn't work.

[-] raptir@lemmy.zip 1 points 3 months ago

Yeah it seems like they use different "chunks" so I don't think it would be cross compatible.

[-] unemployedclaquer@sopuli.xyz 0 points 3 months ago

that's enough for me, except are the other ones not good?

downloading maps for offline -- you nuts? how does anyone profit from the clicks?

[-] Tangent5280@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago

They don't - but at the same time it saves a ton of money on bandwidth

[-] unemployedclaquer@sopuli.xyz 1 points 3 months ago

that is an extra plus feature i always wanted from a "smart" phone - offline maps. i spent money on some of those apps back when it was kicking off and a very few of them were actually helpful, like showing me actual USGS topo maps.

would not have helped me that much for survival on my Hawaiian big island fuckabout, because even the big island is not big enough to get truly lost. i tried!

eventually I went downhill on the volcano towards the ocean for a day or two until cell reception and called my girlfriend and told her I hit my head pretty hard and she should come get me.

still the maps would have been super interesting. also, Red River Gorge, and all the southwestern N. America desert.

[-] Giado@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago

I tried a lot of them and i like the interface of Organic the best.

[-] 0x01@lemmy.ml 0 points 3 months ago
[-] asap@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago

Looks like a contributor was in a sanctioned region?

Not according to that thread - it looks like they don't yet know what caused it:

https://mastodon.social/@organicmaps/114178916120483761

No any details from GitHub yet. One contributor mentioned a temporary visit to disputed areas a long time ago — GitHub probably just flagged the account, and their bots messed up after that.

[-] jlh@lemmy.jlh.name 1 points 3 months ago

Insane that Github blocked their entire development without discussing it with them though. Ban the contributor, not the entire open source project.

Sounds like an easy way to do unproportional damage to projects with a bit of location spoofing.

[-] rc__buggy@sh.itjust.works 1 points 3 months ago

I was very surprised to learn that .NET has an entire team in North Korea

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[-] Blackmist@feddit.uk 0 points 3 months ago

One of their main contributors are in US sanctioned regions (Russia) so they can't access it.

[-] Helkriz@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago

Really! Can't believe them. Yeah fk microsoft.

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